He sat on the veranda with a closed book on his knee , and , as it were , looked out upon his solitude , as if the fact of Captain Whalley 's blindness had opened his eyes to his own . There were many sorts of heartaches and troubles , and there was no place where they could not find a man out . And he felt ashamed , as though he had for six years behaved like a peevish boy .
Он сидел на веранде с закрытой книгой на коленях и как бы вглядывался в свое одиночество, как будто слепота капитана Уолли открыла ему глаза на его собственные. Было много душевных страданий и бед, и не было места, где бы не нашли человека. И ему стало совестно, как будто он шесть лет вел себя как сварливый мальчишка.